I think it may be that pluto didnt like the IDE channel or something because it works fine on a different motherboard, with the same drive.

To another problem...

I installed a hybrid, cos i want to see if Pluto is what i need before i start hooking up MD's. After all the install things....even after setting up the video/audio settings...i just get a gray screen. Every now and again it says the orbiter has failed??